2012 WUKF World Junior Championships

Karate England Squad in Serbia

2012 WUKF World Junior Championships

Novi Sad Hotel was our destination for the 2012 WUKF World Junior/Cadet/Childrens Championships

With 36 athletes along with over 40 coaches, referees and supporting family the squad totalled nearly 80 people.
Many of them successful at the recent Karate England National Championships hopes were high.

Serbia is a serious country and the people equally serious about their karate.

Karate England made 12 finals (5 kata and 7 kumite) winning five and having to settle for a lesser medals in the others.

The total medals haul was 5 Gold 5 Silver and 10 Bronze .
Leaving Karate England in 8th position on the medals table.

Maddison Moore

The pick of all these medals were golds by Maddison Moore and Sam Hulbert. Maddison had spent 2 days recovering from food poisoning and lossing about 4 kilos but this was the only thing she lost. Throughout the weekend she won every fight in her individual bouts including the best of the best, she won all her fights in the team sanbon and scored the most points within the team rotation a remarkable performance that shows what a massive future this girls has, seniors and juniors better watch out Maddison is coming after you.

Sam Hulbert

Sam Hulbert was simply superb, only targeted for a possible low medal but to get a gold was a fantastic performance. He backed this up with excellant performances as part of the sanbon and rotation teams with a another 2 bronze medals and was so narrowly beaten 5-6 in the final of the best of the best by a cadet competitor that was much heavier and had greater reach, also the last point could of easily gone Sam’s way and many thought it should have done.

All in all a fantastic tournament, the standard was excellent and coaches Abdu Shaher, Ian Cuthbert,Tricia Jordan, Julia Heenan, Phil Patrick, Brad Moore, Lee Willis, Patience Kakitie and Dave Plested should be congratulated for their hard work and achievements

Congratulations also to Mark Green on being promoted to World Referee.
Also well done to Sonia Powell, Geoff Marks and Azad Kumar and Alan White for their hard work officiating over the weekend.